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Recording vinyl woes

Hello all,

I have a Marantz DR17 and would like to record some of my vinyl. Problem is, its been ten years and I no longer have any of the TDK blanks I used to use that worked well. I have Verbatim and Staples discs now, but they will not work in the recorder, only in my CD drive.

Anyone here also using a standalone CD recorder ( preferably Marantz or Phillips ) that could tell me what CDR works in their recorder.

Thanks,                         Crazy Bill

 

 

wrm0325
dekay's avatar
dekay
5,366 posts
 

The blanks I used in my non-commercial Pioneer were labeled "digital audio" (it would only recognize blanks marked as such to record).

Here's an old chat about it.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/cd-r-vs-cd-r-audio-1

 

DeKay

 

fuzztone's avatar
fuzztone
5,505 posts
 

You need Music CDRs that have paid a royalty for the priveledge of being functional. They were a tough task to acquire years ago.

Good luck 

CD-RWs last for years if you can get them.

 

 

motoraway's avatar
motoraway
60 posts
 

Amazon appears to have TDK CD-R's and at a fairly reasonable price.

But only 2 left so better hurry! ;-)

tomcy6's avatar
tomcy6
2,541 posts
 

Do a search on Amazon for Music CD-R. There are some of them there.  ebay has a lot of them.  It appears that Maxell is still making them.

audioguy85's avatar
audioguy85
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I’d say Ebay is your friend. I have bought countless brand new blank cassette tapes, cd-r’s, blank mini disc’s, you name it. All still factory sealed and In good usable/functioning shape. I do prefer to put my vinyl on high quality cassette tapes, as it retains its analog qualities. However, I can see a reason to use a cd-r if that is all you have and want to play it in a digital device etc...

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